Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raphael Warnock</a>’s church is a part of a leftist coalition that supports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/critical-race-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Critical Race Theory</a> (CRT) and suggests the first slave ship’s arrival in the U.S. is as equally definitive founding event as the writing of the Declaration of Independence or Constitution.
The Georgia Democrat is the senior pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, the “spiritual home of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” The church is a member of the Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC), a body of leftist faith groups that back such causes as CRT and <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/warnocks-church-belongs-to-coalition-that-wants-to-end-military-aid-to-israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ending</a> U.S. military aid to Israel.
Warnock won election to the Senate in a special election in January 2021 but retained his spot as Ebenezer’s senior pastor. He is engaged in a runoff election against Republican Herschel Walker to retain the Senate seat. The election is scheduled for December 6.
Warnock, as the head of Ebenezer Baptist Church, had close ties to the PNBC and served as the chairman of the convention’s Social Justice Commission as recently as 2018. Later that year, he <a href="https://religionnews.com/2021/08/05/warnock-progressive-national-baptists-focus-on-voting-rights-during-annual-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> the keynote address to PNBC’s annual meeting.
In 2021, the PNBC passed a “Resolution in Support of Critical Race Theory.” The resolution states that CRT is “taught primarily at Law Schools” and is not taught at all in any elementary or high schools in the U.S. Warnock <a href="https://religionnews.com/2021/08/05/warnock-progressive-national-baptists-focus-on-voting-rights-during-annual-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> the keynote address to PNBC’s annual meeting the year the resolution was adopted.
“CRT is not a racist theory,” the <a href="https://www.pnbc.org/assets/uploads/2021/09/pnbc-resolutions-2021.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> states. “Rather, it asserts that a true understanding of the history and evolution of this country cannot be fully grasped without giving thoughtful consideration to the way in which sustained, systemic, institutional racism has been at work in every aspect of American life since before the nation was even formed.”
The resolution also suggests that the year 1619, when the first slave ship arrived on the shores of what would become the United States, is as equally defining date in U.S. history as 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed, and 1787, when the U.S. Constitution was written.
“PNBC goes on record acknowledging, consistent with the core principle of CRT, that racism is not the behavior of a single white person. Racism is the use of political power and social conformity by one group that creates systems that have historically afforded white people an unfair advantage,” the resolution states. “The problem for CRT is not individual white people, but the presumptions of white supremacy and the inherited benefits of white privilege that have been at work in this country for more than four hundred years.”
Last year, Warnock <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/senate-democrats-show-their-support-for-critical-race-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> against an amendment that would restrict federal funding from being used “to promote critical race theory or compel teachers or students to affirm critical race theory in prekindergarten programs, elementary schools, and secondary schools.”
In part, Warnock’s 2021 keynote address to PNBC focused on election laws in Georgia and what he claimed was voter suppression.
“If we don’t check what they’re doing in Georgia, they’ll be able to nullify the votes and the voices of the people after they have already been cast,” Warnock <a href="https://religionnews.com/2021/08/05/warnock-progressive-national-baptists-focus-on-voting-rights-during-annual-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“This is the delta variant of Jim Crow voting laws. The only inoculation is federal legislation and the only way that happens is for God’s people to stand up. So thank you, Progressive, for standing up. Thank you for bearing witness to God’s love and God’s justice in the world,” he added.

Raphael Warnock

Raphael Warnock’s Church Belongs To A Leftist Group That Supports Critical Race Theory

Critical Race Theory

Georgia

Georgia&#8217;s Senate runoff is just one week away, and Democratic incumbent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senator Raphael Warnock</a> is neck-and-neck against GOP challenger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/herschel-walker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herschel Walker</a>.
Assisting Walker on the campaign trail is newly re-elected Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brian-kemp-defeats-stacey-abrams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crushed</a> his Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams. Kemp sat down with CNN&#8217;s Kaitlan Collins and explained why Georgians should not vote for Warnock.
&#8220;The runoff now is a very simple choice,&#8221; Kemp <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfwUOXmEB4&amp;t=407s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at one point in the interview. &#8220;You know, are you going to vote for somebody that&#8217;s been with Joe Biden 96% of the time, or are you going to vote for somebody that&#8217;s going to go up there and fight for Georgia? And that&#8217;s the way I&#8217;m voting.&#8221;
As pointed out by Collins, Walker was the only statewide GOP candidate in Georgia who did not win in the Peach State during the general election. Now, Kemp is lending his clout to help push the former Heisman Trophy winner over the finish line.
Collins asked, &#8220;Does Herschel Walker share your values?&#8221;
Kemp responded, &#8220;Well, listen, when I&#8217;m talking about going to Washington, D.C., and fighting for what Georgians need, I&#8217;m talking about the border, 40 year high inflation, astronomical gas prices since Joe Biden took office, and the agenda that Raphael Warnock has supported up there.&#8221;
Kemp explained that Walker is the go-to guy for the people of Georgia.
&#8220;I mean, to me, it&#8217;s that simple in this race,&#8221; he said again. &#8220;And that&#8217;s, you know, why I&#8217;m voting for Herschel Walker. I want somebody to go up there and go fight for our state and fight for our citizens, not fight to support a president that really, in my view, is not upholding the values of what Georgians want.&#8221;
Kemp also claimed that his recently created federal PAC is designed to &#8220;get Herschel Walker elected to the United States Senate&#8221; and also help future federal candidates in Georgia.
Repeatedly during the interview, he reminded Republicans to not get &#8220;distracted&#8221; by other things during this runoff election.
A portion of the interview can be watched here:
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Voters are particularly animated in this runoff after neither Walker nor Warnock secured more than 50% of the vote during the general.
Georgia broke another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-georgias-record-voter-turnout-is-actually-voter-suppression" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voting record</a> Monday, as more than 300,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots.
The turnout smashed the previous early voting record of more than 233,252 votes in 2018.
Democrats currently have a 50-49 seat advantage in the Senate. Polls show that Warnock and Walker are in a <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2022/georgia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">virtual dead heat</a>.

Herschel Walker, Brian Kemp

Georgia’s Brian Kemp Breaks Down Why Raphael Warnock Shouldn’t Be Re-Elected

Georgia's Brian Kemp Breaks Down Why Raphael Warnock Shouldn't Be Re-Elected

Brian Kemp

Elections

Herschel Walker

U.S.

This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Biden Calls On Congress
On Tuesday, Congressional Democrats and Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to pass legislation to avoid a nationwide rail strike at the behest of President Biden. A strike would disrupt shipping and would likely lead to delays in Christmas gift delivery. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) vowed to move quickly, saying, “Tomorrow morning we will have a bill on the floor.&#8221;
McCarthy Makes Demands
President Biden met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday at the White House to discuss his plans for the remainder of the year, as well as to go over upcoming government funding legislation. McCarthy explained to the press what was discussed.
&#8220;What I explained to all of them is that I can work with anyone who&#8217;s willing to work to get our spending under control, to work to make America energy independent, to secure our borders&#8230;&#8221; McCarthy said.
&#8220;If they don&#8217;t want to work with us, we can get this work done in January,&#8221; he added.
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Chinese Protests Continue
As an update to our Tuesday Morning Wire podcast, Chinese universities sent students home and police took preventative steps to curb protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign.
A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pornography-escort-service-advertisement-bots-flood-twitter-feeds-preventing-chinese-citizens-from-accessing-covid-protest-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> indicates that search results of current widespread protests opposing oppressive COVID lockdown measures in major cities across China have been drowned out by Chinese bots advertising pornography, escort services, and gambling.
Record Voting In Georgia Continues
Georgia broke another voting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-sets-new-single-day-early-voting-record-in-senate-runoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record Monday</a>, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots in the 2022 Senate runoff election between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker. The previous early voting record was just over 233,000 votes in 2018.
“Father Stu” Returns To Theaters
Hollywood actor and producer Mark Wahlberg and Sony studios <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-sony-re-releasing-pg-13-version-of-father-stu-in-theaters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are re-releasing in theaters a new PG-13 version</a> of Father Stu, a film about an ex-boxer turned Catholic priest after a horrendous auto injury. The film premiered earlier this year with an R-rating. Wahlberg recently explained why it will be re-released.
&#8220;Well, given the nature of the R-Rated movie, lots of families didn’t feel comfortable with their children seeing it, but they really wanted them to get the message,&#8221; Wahlberg told Fox News. &#8220;So because the Archbishop Thomas of Nevada — who actually ordained Father Stu in Helena, Montana, came to me and said, &#8216;Mark, I understand why the language is there but it would be a sin and a shame for young people not to see this movie and to really understand the importance of this story.’”
&#8220;So we wanted to make sure that we would share that with children of all ages,&#8221; he added.
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The Netherlands Plan To Buy And Shut Down Farms 
In international news, the government of The Netherlands <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/netherlands-buy-out-and-close-farms-meet-climate-goals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it could soon buy and close down nearly 3,000 farms in Holland in order to comply with European environmental regulations. The Netherlands is attempting to cut down its nitrogen pollution and will push ahead with compulsory purchases if not enough farms take up the offer voluntarily.
Biden&#8217;s Non-Binary Nuke Officer Charged With Felony Theft
Sam Brinton, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gender-fluid-biden-admin-employee-charged-with-stealing-womans-luggage-at-minneapolis-airport-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly charged</a> with a felony last month after allegedly stealing a woman’s suitcase from the baggage claim area at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Surveillance video shows Brinton removing the luggage tag from a navy blue Vera Bradley suitcase bag, dropping it into a handbag, and then leaving the area “at a quick pace” on September 16, 2022, according to a criminal complaint. Brinton made headlines for being one of the Energy Department’s first self-identified non-binary employees.
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) Dies
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) died Monday night after battling cancer for many years, according to a statement from his office. He was 61.
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TUESDAY

Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, ‘Father Stu’ Returns, And More

Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, 'Father Stu' Returns, And More

China

Chuck Schumer

Gender Pronouns

General

Joe Biden

Kevin McCarthy

Mark Wahlberg

Nancy Pelosi

Georgia broke another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-georgias-record-voter-turnout-is-actually-voter-suppression" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voting record</a> Monday, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots 2022 senate runoff election between incumbent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senator Raphael Warnock</a> (D-GA) and GOP challenger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/herschel-walker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herschel Walker</a>.
Interim Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling announced that more than 239,160 Georgians voted on Monday, smashing the previous early voting record of more than 233,252 votes in 2018, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2022-georgia-senate-runoff-georgia-sets-one-day-early-voting-record/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News.
Georgia voters have been particularly animated in this election, despite Democratic warnings that a 2021 voter integrity law signed by incumbent Governor Brian Kemp would disenfranchise millions of voters. Democrats warned the legislation would usher in a new era of “Jim Crow 2.0.” President Joe Biden said it would make that previous era of American history look like “Jim Eagle.”
However, despite those predictions <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/early-voting-breaks-records-georgia-bitter-senate-race-tests-red-blue-rcna55810">more than two million people voted</a> via early voting and absentee ballots, smashing previous records in the process for the general election.
When asked about that fact and Biden&#8217;s previous comments prior to the general election, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre implied that the state&#8217;s voting law hampered the ability to vote.
“As you know, I have to be careful. I cannot get into politics from here,” Jean-Pierre said, “The president has been very clear that based on the ‘Big Lie’ there have been a host of anti-voter policies forced on states that challenge America’s fundamental right to vote, the access to voting. So this is against our most basic values, including respect for the law and the constitution.”
Jean-Pierre also claimed that record turnout doesn&#8217;t disprove voter suppression.
“Speaking generally of course, but more broadly, high turnout and voter suppression can take place at the same time,” she added. “One doesn’t have to happen on its own. They can be happening at the same time, but I will leave it there without being able to really dig into the politics of this.”
Warnock, the  <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-raphael-warnock-file">53-year-old reverend</a> from Atlanta, Georgia, was first elected to the Senate on January 5, 2021, after defeating GOP candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kelly-loeffler">Kelly Loeffler</a> in a run-off election. Loeffler had been appointed to serve until an election, having replaced the late Johnny Isakson.
As a newcomer into politics, Walker spent much of his campaign tying Warnock to unpopular President Joe Biden and painted the Democrat as a divisive, out-of-touch progressive.
“Senator Warnock believes America is a bad country full of racist people,” Walker said in one ad. “I believe we’re a great country full of generous people. Warnock wants to divide us. I want to bring us together.”
After neither candidate secured more than 50% of the vote on November 8, the race officially moved to a runoff election.
Democrats currently have a 50-49 seat advantage. Polls show that Warnock and Walker are in a <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2022/georgia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">virtual dead heat</a>.

Raphael Warnock/Herschel Walker

Georgia Sets New Single Day Early Voting Record In Senate Runoff

2022 Midterms

Politics

Voting

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> Supreme Court voted unanimously to allow counties to offer early voting on the Saturday after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thanksgiving</a>, overruling GOP protests in favor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrats</a>.
A trio of Republican groups — Georgia Republican Party, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the Republican National Committee — filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court Tuesday requesting it overturn a lower court ruling allowing early voting on Saturday. The GOP groups argued that state law prohibits early voting on a Saturday that comes after a holiday on the previous Thursday or Friday.
The state’s highest court ruled 9-0 in favor of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign and the state Democratic Party, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/23/georgia-oks-early-voting-in-warnock-walker-senate-runoff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>. The Democratic groups argued that the provision in question applies to primary and general elections, but not to runoffs. Warnock faces GOP candidate Herschel Walker in a runoff election for Warnock’s seat on December 6.
The GOP appeal came after Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger prohibited counties from offering early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Raffensperger’s order drew legal complaints from Warnock’s campaign and the Democratic Party of Georgia, sparking a legal battle that appears to have ended Wednesday in the state Supreme Court.
Raffensperger quit the legal battle after the state Court of Appeals ruled against the secretary of state on Monday, keeping in place a Fulton County judge’s ruling. The Republican groups <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-asks-georgias-highest-court-to-limit-early-voting-in-senate-runoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">picked up</a> the legal battle a day later, stating that the Court of Appeals’ decision would “gut the statute, sow utter chaos, and unevenly impact Georgia voters’ access to advance voting.”
Raffensperger accused Warnock and Democrats on Wednesday after the Supreme Court’s decision of meddling in the state’s election laws for their own benefit.
“Senator Warnock and his Democratic Party allies are seeking to change Georgia law right before an election based on their political preferences,” Raffensperger said in a statement, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-supreme-court-allows-early-voting-this-saturday-us-senate-runoff-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>. “Instead of muddying the water and pressuring counties to ignore Georgia law, Senator Warnock should be allowing county election officials to continue preparations for the upcoming runoff.”
Warnock and Walker are facing each other in the last undecided contest for a U.S. Senate seat in 2022. The November 8 general election ended with neither candidate reaching the required 50% threshold to avoid a runoff. Warnock ended slightly <a href="https://www.politico.com/2022-election/results/georgia/senate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ahead</a> with 49.4% of the vote to Walker’s 48.5%. Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver, who will not appear on the ballot in the runoff, finished with 2.1%.
The runoff election will decide whether the Republican Party will maintain its 50-50 split in the Senate or lose a seat and give the Democrats a 51-49 advantage. The additional Democratic seat would allow Democrats to pass legislation on party-line votes without the tiebreaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris. The legislation would have to be approved by a GOP-controlled House, however.

Georgia Supreme Court Sides With Warnock, Democrats In Early Voting Fight

2022 Election

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> Supreme Court has reinstated the state&#8217;s six week <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> ban.
In a unanimous decision Wednesday, the state Supreme Court issued a stay against a lower court ruling that overturned the state&#8217;s 2019 &#8220;heartbeat&#8221; abortion ban. The order went into effect immediately, pending an appeal from state officials. The superior court of Fulton County previously overturned the law last week; it had previously been blocked by a federal court until the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this past summer.
&#8220;The State of Georgia’s Emergency Petition for Supersedeas seeking a stay of the order of the Superior Court of Fulton County in [STATE OF GEORGIA v. SISTERSONG WOMEN OF COLOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE et al.] is hereby granted,&#8221; the court wrote in a <a href="https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/s23m0358.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one-page order</a>. The decision of the court was unanimous; presiding justice Nels S.D. Peterson was disqualified, and justice Andrew A. Pinson did not participate. The court also dismissed a separate request for an administrative stay.
According to the <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/state-asks-georgia-supreme-court-to-allow-enforcement-of-abortion-law/TZYXSAXNPZFKJMLQ5AOUOE4BSI/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a>, lawyers for the state appealed to the Supreme Court days after the Fulton County court ruling. “The harm to the state is significant and irreparable,” attorneys wrote in their appeal, via the AJC. “Unborn children are at risk every day that the injunction continues.”
The lower court ruling had overturned the law on the basis that it was unconstitutional when it was passed in 2019; in their appeal, state attorneys said that did not matter since the law is constitutional now because of the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and sent abortion back to the states. “The Superior Court fundamentally misunderstood the role of courts, which merely interpret law in the course of issuing judgments in individual cases,” attorneys wrote. “Courts do not amend the constitution, and the constitution does not change simply because a court’s view of it changes.”
In the meantime, abortion clinics in Georgia had <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-supreme-court-orders-states-abortion-law-back-into-effect/D5VPGTJNLVGMPDHOGORBCYIKSI/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resumed providing abortion services</a> for women at up to 22 weeks of pregnancy, which was the standard practice before the law was passed. The Feminist Women’s Health Center, an abortion clinic in Atlanta, told the AJC they had no abortions scheduled for Wednesday, but several were scheduled for Saturday in which a fetal heartbeat could be detected.
Last week, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23307352-ga-abortion-ruling-111522" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fulton County Superior Court</a> judge Robert McBurney overturned the “Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act,” which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. McBurney declared the law void under Georgia law, citing a provision that declares unconstitutional laws void from the time of their passage, and mandates that the judiciary declares them so.
In 2019, &#8220;everywhere in America, including Georgia, it was unequivocally unconstitutional for governments &#8212; federal, state, or local &#8212; to ban abortions before viability,&#8221; McBurney wrote. Therefore, the LIFE Act &#8220;did not become the law of Georgia when it was enacted and it is not the law of Georgia now,&#8221; he concluded.
&#8220;What does this ruling mean? Most fundamentally, it means that courts &#8212; not legislatures &#8212; define the law,&#8221; McBurney concluded. &#8220;If the courts have spoken, clearly and directly, as to what the law is, as to what is and is not constitutional, legislatures and legislators are not at liberty to pass laws contrary to such pronouncements.&#8221;

Close-Up Of Gavel On Table

Georgia Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court, Reinstates 6-Week Abortion Ban

Abortion

Court

Dobbs

Pro-Life Movement

Social Issues

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GOP</a> groups have requested that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a>’s Supreme Court prohibit early voting this Saturday in the state’s runoff <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> election, arguing that state law dictates that early voting can&#8217;t take place on that day because it follows the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Georgia Republican Party, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the Republican National Committee filed an appeal with the state’s Supreme Court after an appeals court rejected a similar request from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-herschel-walker-georgia-atlanta-83f554285f2740a6fb8b97a862632150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>. The Georgia Court of Appeals dismissed Raffensperger’s request on Monday.
Raffensperger argued, and the GOP groups maintain, that state law prohibits early voting on Saturday if a holiday falls on either of the two days before. Thursday, Thanksgiving, and Friday are both recognized holidays. This coming Saturday will be the only opportunity to cast any early vote on a Saturday before the runoff election on December 6.
“The court of appeals’ denial of the Intervenor’s motion for emergency stay allows the superior court’s interpretation of [state law] to gut the statute, sow utter chaos, and unevenly impact Georgia voters’ access to advance voting,” the Tuesday GOP <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RNC-NRSC-GAGOP-Supreme-Court-Filing-Package.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filing</a> says.
The GOP intervention in the case comes after Raffensperger decided against pursuing the issue. Raffensperger’s office said Monday that he would not file any additional appeals.
“The court has worked its will. We believe this is something the General Assembly should consider clarifying to avoid confusion in the future. I hope that election workers are able to enjoy a somewhat restful holiday despite this decision,” Raffensperger spokesman Mike Hassinger said, according to <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-appeals-court-allows-saturday-early-voting-in-us-senate-runoff/NNQ4B7DY25ARVGXK7AQPNBDSMM/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a>.
At least 10 counties are expected to offer early voting on Saturday. The legal battle began after Raffensperger prohibited early voting on Saturday, citing state law. His decision sparked a lawsuit from the campaign of incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and the Georgia Democratic Party.
Warnock will face GOP challenger Herschel Walker in the runoff election. The November 8 general election ended with neither candidate reaching the required 50% threshold to avoid a runoff. Warnock ended slightly <a href="https://www.politico.com/2022-election/results/georgia/senate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ahead</a> with 49.4% of the vote to Walker’s 48.5%. Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver, who will not appear on the ballot in the runoff, finished with 2.1%.
The runoff election will decide whether the Republican Party will maintain its 50-50 split in the Senate or lose a seat and give the Democrats a 51-49 advantage. The additional Democratic seat would allow Democrats to pass legislation on party-line votes without the tiebreaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris. The legislation would have to be approved by a GOP-controlled House, however.

Herschel Walker, Raphael Warnock

GOP Asks Georgia’s Highest Court To Limit Early Voting In Senate Runoff

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The stars of “Chrisley Knows Best” were sentenced on Monday to federal prison after being convicted for a slew of financial crimes in June.
Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. In addition, Julie was also convicted on a charge of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
Judge Eleanor L. Ross of U.S. District Court in Atlanta sentenced Todd to 12 years in prison followed by three years of probation, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/entertainment/todd-chrisley-julie-chrisley-sentenced/index.html">reported</a>. Ross sentenced Julie to seven years in prison followed by three years of probation. In addition, the couple will have to pay restitution for their crimes, though the exact amount is unknown at this time, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/us/todd-julie-chrisley-sentencing.html">reported</a>.
Peter Tarantino, who worked as the couple’s accountant and was convicted of filing false corporate tax returns for the Chrisleys’ company, was sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years of probation.
Attorneys for the Chrisleys have argued for a reduced sentence, saying the couple has fully accounted for all their income and that many people – including Todd’s mother and the crew who worked on their reality television show – would be negatively impacted by their incarceration. The defense has requested Todd receive a combined sentence of limited incarceration and supervised release in addition to paying restitution. The defense has also argued for a new trial, claiming an IRS officer falsely testified and that the prosecution put her up to it.
Todd Chrisley made a fortune through Chrisley Asset Management, a real estate company he founded in Georgia, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reality-bites-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-chrisley-family-empire">reported</a>. The success of the business combined with Todd’s personality and large family made him a perfect candidate for reality TV, which led to “Chrisley Knows Best.”
Even before the Chrisleys began their reality show in 2014, they had financial problems. In 2012, Todd filed for bankruptcy protection. Explaining the filing, his lawyer <a href="https://people.com/tv/chrisley-knows-best-inside-todd-chrisleys-45-million-bankruptcy-case/#:~:text=After%20a%20large%20business%20investment,have%20been%20fine%2C%20financially.%E2%80%9D">told People</a>, “He guaranteed a real estate development loan and it failed. He was on the hook for $30 million. If he hadn’t had that happen, he would have been fine, financially.”
The Department of Justice (DOJ), however, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/reality-tv-stars-convicted-fraud-and-tax-evasion?ftag=YHF4eb9d17">explained</a> that the Chrisleys — prior to their reality show — “conspired to defraud community banks in the Atlanta area to obtain more than $30 million in personal loans.”
With the help of a business partner, <a href="https://popculture.com/reality-tv/news/todd-chrisley-ex-business-partner-mark-braddock-claims-had-affair/">Mark Braddock</a>, the Chrisleys “submitted false bank statements, audit reports, and personal financial statements to banks to obtain the millions of dollars in fraudulent loans,” the DOJ wrote.
In 2017, the couple’s problems expanded. WSB-TV <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/north-fulton-county/state-issues-liens-against-reality-star-after-channel-2-investigation/505362349/">reported</a> at the time that the Chrisleys owed nearly $800,000 in taxes to the state of Georgia and had declared their residency on numerous public records before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2016.
In 2018, Todd sued Homebanc Mortgage Corporation, Radar Online <a href="https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2019/08/todd-chrisley-blamed-business-partner-morgage-forgery-before-indictment-scandal/">reported</a>, alleging a “former business partner” forged Todd’s name on the mortgage and made some payments on his behalf. Todd also claimed that the same business partner was the reason he had to file for bankruptcy protection in 2012.
In 2019, the Chrisleys were indicted. After a three-week trial in 2022, the couple was convicted.

Chrisley Knows Best – Season 8

Reality Stars Todd And Julie Chrisley Sentenced To Prison

Crime

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The homicide investigation into the death of Georgia mom Debbie Collier has ended after autopsy results revealed that she died by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/suicide">suicide</a>.
Collier left the home she shared with her husband, Steve, on September 10. Later that day, she sent her daughter, 36-year-old Amanda Bearden, a chilling text that said, “They are not going to let me go, love you.” Collier also sent Bearden $2,385 over Venmo.
In late September, police <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-emerge-regarding-debbie-colliers-movements-on-day-she-disappeared">released</a> surveillance footage of Collier entering the Family Dollar Store in Clayton, Georgia, on Saturday, September 10. She was alone in the video. The HCSO’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) said in a press release on September 26 that Collier entered the store on September 10 around 2:55 p.m. and exited at 3:09 p.m. While there, Collier appeared calm and “not in fear of anything,” the CID said in its press release. Authorities said she purchased a rain poncho, a refillable torch lighter, paper towels, a large tarp, and a reusable tote back.
Collier was found in a ravine 60 miles from her Athens, Georgia, home on September 11, with severe burns to her body and the remains of a burned tarp nearby, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/husband-son-of-mom-who-sent-chilling-final-text-speak-out-after-her-death">reported</a>. The Habersham County Sheriff’s office said in its incident report that an investigator “observed a nude female laying on her back, grasping a small tree with her right hand,” about 30 feet from the road. The report also said Collier had “charring to her abdomen.”
Her death had been treated as a homicide until now, with Habersham County Deputy Coroner Ken Franklin <a href="https://nowhabersham.com/breaking-now-debbie-colliers-death-ruled-suicide/">telling</a> Now Habersham that Collier died from “inhalation of superheated gases, thermal injuries, and hydrocodone intoxication.”
“It’s pretty evident that she started the fire. From what I saw and what I considered to be the case is that this was a self-inflicted death, but I was relying on the results of the autopsy and the doctor at the lab to make the final call,” Franklin said.
Franklin also told the outlet that he spoke to family members before releasing the results of the autopsy to the public.
“I’m glad it’s over, but I’m sorry for the family and all that they have had to go through,” he said. “All of the questioning and suspicion and things they’ve had to go through made it difficult for them to live a normal life. I feel sorry for them and my prayers go with them.”
While <a href="https://youtu.be/8VoXM1aAbiY">speaking</a> to the podcast “Crime on the Record,” Collier’s daughter Amanda said that she should have noticed her mother was suicidal.
“Looking back on it, it just almost seemed like she was giving me all of her things,” Bearden told the podcast.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255.

Two feet of a dead body with a tag attached to the toe

Medical Examiner’s Report Ends Debbie Collier Homicide Investigation

Medical Examiner’s Report Reveals Debbie Collier Committed Suicide

Suicide

Prosecutors in Atlanta, Georgia, are recommending <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv">reality stars</a> Todd and Julie Chrisley spend 10 to 22 years in federal prison for financial <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">crimes</a>.
Todd has been recommended to serve 17 to 22 years in prison after he was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States, Fox 5 Atlanta <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/judge-to-decide-sentence-for-todd-and-julie-chrisley-after-federal-conviction">reported</a>. Even though Julie was convicted on the same charges plus a charge of wire fraud and obstruction of justice, prosecutors are only recommending 10 to 13 years in prison for her. The couple has also been asked to forfeit nearly $20 million.
They were convicted in June and will appear in court on Monday for sentencing.
Attorneys for the Chrisleys have argued for a reduced sentence, saying the couple has fully accounted for all their income and that many people – including Todd’s mother and the crew who worked on their reality television show – would be negatively impacted by their incarceration. The defense has requested Todd received a combined sentence of limited incarceration and supervised release in addition to paying restitution. The defense has also argued for a new trial, claiming an IRS officer falsely testified and that the prosecution put her up to it.
Todd Chrisley made a fortune through Chrisley Asset Management, a real estate company he founded in Georgia, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reality-bites-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-chrisley-family-empire">reported</a>. The success of the business combined with Todd’s personality and large family made him a perfect candidate for reality TV, which led to “Chrisley Knows Best.”
Even before the Chrisleys began their reality show in 2014, they had financial problems. In 2012, Todd filed for bankruptcy protection. Explaining the filing, his lawyer <a href="https://people.com/tv/chrisley-knows-best-inside-todd-chrisleys-45-million-bankruptcy-case/#:~:text=After%20a%20large%20business%20investment,have%20been%20fine%2C%20financially.%E2%80%9D">told People</a>, “He guaranteed a real estate development loan and it failed. He was on the hook for $30 million. If he hadn’t had that happen, he would have been fine, financially.”
The Department of Justice (DOJ), however, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/reality-tv-stars-convicted-fraud-and-tax-evasion?ftag=YHF4eb9d17">explained</a> that the Chrisleys — prior to their reality show — “conspired to defraud community banks in the Atlanta area to obtain more than $30 million in personal loans.”
With the help of a business partner, <a href="https://popculture.com/reality-tv/news/todd-chrisley-ex-business-partner-mark-braddock-claims-had-affair/">Mark Braddock</a>, the Chrisleys “submitted false bank statements, audit reports, and personal financial statements to banks to obtain the millions of dollars in fraudulent loans,” the DOJ wrote.
In 2017, the couple’s problems expanded. WSB-TV <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/north-fulton-county/state-issues-liens-against-reality-star-after-channel-2-investigation/505362349/">reported</a> at the time that the Chrisleys owed nearly $800,000 in taxes to the state of Georgia and had declared their residency on numerous public records before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2016.
In 2018, Todd sued Homebanc Mortgage Corporation, Radar Online <a href="https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2019/08/todd-chrisley-blamed-business-partner-morgage-forgery-before-indictment-scandal/">reported</a>, alleging a “former business partner,” presumably Mark Braddock, forged Todd’s name on the mortgage and made some payments on his behalf. Todd also claimed that the same business partner was the reason he had to file for bankruptcy protection in 2012.
In 2019, the Chrisleys were indicted. After a three-week trial in 2022, the couple was convicted.

Prosecutors Recommend 10 To 22 Years In Prison For Reality Stars Todd And Julie Chrisley

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia">Georgia</a> judge overturned a state law Tuesday that bans abortions of unborn children with a heartbeat at six weeks gestational age.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney sided with Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, declaring specific provisions unconstitutional in the &#8220;Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act,&#8221; which would criminalize abortions occurring after an unborn child has a detectable heartbeat typically as early as week 5 of pregnancy.
The law, which Gov. Brian Kemp signed in 2019, was previously blocked by a district court ruling until last summer when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which Justice Samuel Alito called &#8220;egregiously wrong from the start.&#8221;
McBurney said in his <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23307352-ga-abortion-ruling-111522">15-page ruling</a> that when lawmakers signed the bill, &#8220;everywhere in America, including Georgia, it was unequivocally unconstitutional for governments — federal, state, or local — to ban abortions before viability,&#8221; adding the state&#8217;s law &#8220;did not become the law of Georgia when it was enacted, and it is not the law of Georgia now.&#8221;
&#8220;What does this ruling mean?&#8221; McBurney wrote. &#8220;Most fundamentally, it means that courts — not legislatures — define the law,&#8221; adding that &#8220;if the courts have spoken, clearly and directly, as to what the law is, as to what is and is not constitutional, legislatures and legislators are not at liberty to pass laws contrary to such pronouncements.&#8221;
Life News <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2022/11/15/georgia-judge-overturns-heartbeat-law-banning-abortions-on-babies-with-beating-hearts/">reports</a> state attorneys argued the judge should view the abortion ban in light of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization ruling since Roe v. Wade no longer applies.
Andrew Isenhour, a spokesperson for Gov. Kemp, told <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-government-and-politics-atlanta-58ba677dd47afad6d25d9887f17e8763">The Associated Press</a> in a statement that the judge&#8217;s ruling placed &#8220;the personal beliefs of a judge over the will of the legislature and people of Georgia.&#8221;
&#8220;The state has already filed a notice of appeal, and we will continue to fight for the lives of Georgia&#8217;s unborn children,&#8221; Isenhour said.
Kara Richardson, a Georgia attorney general spokeswoman, told <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/judge-strike-down-georgia-abortion-ban">Axios</a> that the state officials would &#8220;pursue an immediate appeal and will continue to fulfill our duty to defend the laws of our state in court.&#8221;
Noah Brandt, vice president of communications for pro-life non-profit organization Live Action, denounced the judge&#8217;s ruling saying the Georgia LIFE Act is constitutional. 
&#8220;The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through their decision in Dobbs, and therefore, state lawmakers have the constitutional prerogative to completely abolish the horrific scandal of abortion,&#8221; Brandt <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/georgia-life-act-overturned-district-judge/">said</a>. &#8220;This judge is clearly wrong, and I suspect the ruling will be swiftly corrected by a higher court.&#8221;
Monica Simpson, executive director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, the lead plaintiff in the case, celebrated ending the &#8220;extreme abortion ban&#8221; victory on <a href="https://twitter.com/monicarsimpson">Twitter</a>.
&#8220;We will continue to work towards a Georgia in which everyone—including Black women and Queer, trans, and low-income people—has the freedom to decide to have children, to not have children, and to raise the families they have in thriving communities,&#8221; Simpson <a href="https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/georgia-state-court-blocks-unconstitutional-six-week-abortion-ban">said</a>. &#8220;We will have to keep fighting in Georgia to hold our legislators accountable, but this ruling proves we have the power to keep winning.&#8221;

Judge Overturns Georgia Heartbeat Bill Banning Abortion After Six-Weeks

Judge Overturns Georgia's Abortion Ban After Six-Weeks

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As Senate control could come down to a Georgia runoff race for the second time in two years, it’s also the second time in two years where former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-should-be-welcomed-trump-press-sec-wont-say-her-ex-boss-should-help-with-georgia-run-off" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Trump</a> may do more to harm Republicans’ chances of success there than he has done to help them.
Trump&#8217;s Super PAC spent $3.4 million backing Herschel Walker in the general election that culminated Tuesday in neither Walker nor incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock topping 50% of the vote, necessitating a December 6 runoff. While Trump&#8217;s endorsement helped the former NFL great secure the Republican nomination, the spending  amounted to less than 5% of the $72 million that outside groups spent helping Walker in the general election, according to a Daily Wire analysis of Federal Election Commission records.
Super PACs like Trump&#8217;s Make America Great Again Inc. can spend unlimited funds independently supporting a candidate or cause, as opposed to PACs, like Trump&#8217;s Save America, which dole donations out directly to candidates.
Walker, whose campaign raised $38 million, could have used more outside help, especially given that Warnock raised $123 million, according to FEC data running through October 19.
Now that the two have to square off again in what is likely to be one of the most expensive runoff elections in history, Democrats have begun <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democrats-sending-7-million-georgia-bolster-senate-runoff-next-month?utm_source=sf&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=twjtn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moving millions</a> into the state to back Warnock. Trump&#8217;s Save America PAC had nearly <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00762591/?tab=summary">$70 million</a> in the bank as of October 19. By law, it could move any or all of that money into Super PACs to spend on Walker&#8217;s runoff campaign. A spokesman for Trump’s political organizations declined to say whether the former president would spend money helping Walker in a race that could break the 50-50 Senate deadlock.
Trump showed a willingness to spend more freely in Georgia when it came to opposing certain Republicans. Save America’s largest candidate-related expenditures were in the Peach State, including $4.4 million spent on groups that opposed Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in the primary. That money was ultimately wasted as Kemp prevailed and went on to easily win re-election with 53.4% of the vote &#8211; 5% more than Walker, his fellow Republican on the same ticket.
In September 2021, Trump endorsed Walker, a former NFL and University of Georgia star who had appeared on Trump’s TV show Celebrity Apprentice. That set off a primary fight between Walker and others, including a more established political player, Agricultural Commissioner Gary Black. A spokesman for the Georgia Democrats rejoiced at the time, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/politics/donald-trump-herschel-walker-endorsement-georgia-senate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> Trump putting his weight behind Walker, who was dogged by allegations of threatening women with domestic violence, “cements the nightmare scenario that Republican leaders in Georgia and Washington have wanted to avoid. This is going to be a long, divisive, and expensive intra-party fight focused on political loyalty tests.”
The runoff situation is déjà vu. Democrats control the Senate now because in 2021, two Georgia Senate races went to runoffs, and Republicans lost both.
Both of the state&#8217;s Senate seats were on the ballot January 5, 2021, with one of them a special election to finish the final two years of the term of Republican Johnny Isakson, who retired. Republicans took the most votes in the initial election for both seats: Republican Sen. David Perdue <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bested</a> Democrat John Ossoff, 49.7% to 47.9%. In the special election in which Warnock ran against Kelly Loeffler, four candidates were on the ballot, and Republicans got 45.9% to Democrats&#8217; 35.7%.
But because no candidate got 50%, both headed to runoffs.
And then came Trump.
After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election in part due to losing Georgia, he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-kemp-call-georgia/2020/12/05/fd8d677c-3721-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressured</a> Kemp to order an audit of signatures on mail-in ballots, something Kemp said he had no power to do. That left Trump incensed at the governor. Lin Wood, a lawyer who had <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/02/records-lin-wood-decades-voted-donated-democrats-including-barack-obama-david-perdues-2014-opponent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donated to Georgia Democrats</a> and not voted in the Republican primary, took up Trump’s claim that his loss in the state was the result of a rigged election, donning a MAGA cap and holding rallies at which he encouraged Republicans <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-georgia-rally-lawyer-lin-wood-says-dont-vote-gop-senators-rigged-runoffs-theyve-1551927" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not to vote</a> in the Senate runoffs. The result was a Democrat sweep.
Trump himself did not tell supporters not to vote, instead <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-tells-supporters-vote-georgia-runoffs-refuses-accept-reality-his-n1250128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;We have to do just the opposite.&#8221; But <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admits-didnt-push-republicans-140000810.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Examiner</a> reporter David Drucker later asked Trump what might have happened if Trump had said &#8220;despite some irregularities that deserved looking into, the state&#8217;s voting system was reliable&#8221; and urged supporters to vote.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I did say a version of that, but not as strongly as you said, because I was very angry with what happened there.&#8221;
Trump supporters emphasize that money aside, he also holds rallies with candidates at his side, which can help convince people who are conservative but might otherwise sit out election day to vote.
But precedent suggests that in Georgia, an association with Trump may do more to harm Republicans than help them. In addition to Kemp&#8217;s victory, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger also handily won his primary and general elections despite Trump backing a challenger because Raffensperger would not indulge Trump&#8217;s requests related to the election.
Trump boosters also note that he attends fundraisers with candidates, allowing them to raise money because attendees are, in part, paying for a chance to spend time with Trump. Trump held two fundraisers for Walker, but both of them were during the primary election, not the general election, according to a list of fundraisers reviewed by The Daily Wire.
Trump has floated an announcement that he will run for president in the next week, though advisers are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-should-be-welcomed-trump-press-sec-wont-say-her-ex-boss-should-help-with-georgia-run-off" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cautioning him</a> to postpone it, saying it could distract from the Georgia Senate runoff and motivate Democrats to turn out to vote for Warnock, who has finished his two-year special term and is seeking a full six-year term.
Trump can use the money in his Save America PAC to run for president. But if he or any other Republican is elected president in 2024, they will be able to get far more done with a Republican-controlled Senate than a Democrat-controlled one.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-spent-more-backing-trump-esque-candidates-in-primaries-than-trump-has" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrats Spent More Backing Trump-esque Candidates In Primaries Than Trump Has</a>

Former President Donald Trump Holds Rally In Support Of David Perdue And Herschel Walker

Trump Has Spent More Money Opposing Georgia Republicans Than He Has Supporting Them

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